By Erica Christoffer, Contributing Editor, REALTOR® Magazine
Looking for some quick home staging ideas that don’t cost a lot? Here are five inexpensive “Hip Tipz” from stager Charlene Storozuk that will help you show off a home with painting techniques and found objects.
1. Paint bedroom furniture antique white and the walls a darker tint. Add crystal hardware such as a chandelier or light fixtures for added elegance to create a French-inspired bedroom.
2. Frame a favorite tea towel for display in the kitchen.
3. Make the rooms off the hallway appear larger by painting them a lighter shade than the hallway.
4. Vintage door panels make an interesting headboard when painted.
5. Make a sloped ceiling appear taller by installing a shelf underneath at height of lowest point of slope.
Erica, I don’t understand #5. “…..by installing a shelf underneath….”
Underneath what? Thanks, Kathy
Sure, Kathy: The shelf would be located at the intersection of where the sloped ceiling meets the vertical room wall. Hope that helps!
Suggestions about painting the seller’s furniture are NOT helpful in getting sellers to buy into staging. The seller is moving and taking their furniture that they chose with them. Why aren’t we as Realtors teaching buyers how to look beyond the seller’s “stuff?
The long time practice of relocation companies that would come in and “neutralize” a house so that buyers would not see something that they had to overcome because they didn’t like it is a good one and some of your tips above can be tailored perfectly to that. There is something to be said for “Realtor beige” carpeting and walls…